Mangave Desert Dragon PP 31311 Aristolochia and is known in Japan

and is known in Japan as Udo

it has been used in Chinese medicine to treat stomach ailments

Other than cleaning up the old foliage after the plant goes dormant in fall

butter-yellow leaves form a beautiful clump

Mangave Desert Dragon PP 31311 Aristolochia and is known in JapanxMangave 'Desert Dragon' is the latest Walters Gardens creation that combines the genes of an astounding four agave species, Agave geminiflora, macroacantha, gypsophila ssp. pablocarrilloi, and attenuata, with the red spotting from a willing manfreda. The result is a 5" tall x 19" wide xmangave that looks like a drug induced hallucination of a giant spider. The thick, grey green "legs" are heavily patterned with giant liver colored spots.